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A L. C. HILLER.

PITCHER.

N0. 253,703. Patented Feb.14,1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS C. HILLER, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE MERIDEN SILVER PLATE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

PITCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,703, dated February 14, 1882.

Application tiled January 16,1889. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LOUIS G. HILLER, of Meriden, in the county ot' New Haven and State of Connecticut, h'ave invented a new Improvement in Pitchers; and I do hereby declaro the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and

1o which said drawing constitutes part of this specification, and represents a vertical centra-l section.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of ice-pitchers commonly called double-wall, and in which the inner wall, 0r

water-holder, is made from porcelain or a porcelain-lined material, the object of the invention being a ready adjustment of the waterholder within the outer case, to overcome diftizo culties arising from the natural variation in the size of the holders, as well as to permit the ready removal or replacing ot the waterholder; and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described and particularly recited inthe claim.

A represents the outer shell, of common shape, provided with a handle, B, and with the outer case, C, for the spout, and is arranged to setupon a shoulder, a, on the base D. This base is of inverted cup shape, and so as to form the bottom E ot' the outer chamber.

F is the inner vessel or water-holder, constructed of smaller dimensions than the outer wall, and so as to leave a space, d, between the walls and at the bottom. lt is also constructed with a spout, G, to set into the shell C of the outer casin g.

Around the neck ofthe pitcher a ring, H, is set and so as to extend down upon the outside of the outer casing, as shown, and also with a cap, I, over the spout. To this ring the cover L is hinged, as at e, the'cover closing onto a shoulder, f, upon the inside of the ring. From the inner edge of the ring a flange, P, extends downward, and is of external diameter substantially corresponding to the internal diame ter of the waterholder, and so as to set within the upper end of the holder, the holder taking 5o a bearing upon the under side of the ring.

At the bottom a disk, R, is arranged upon the end of a screw, h, which extends centrally up through the bottom E of the base, and upon this disk the water-holder rests.

The parts are set together, the shellupon the' base, the water-holder upon the disk R, the neck over all, and then the parts are secured together by rods t', extending from the neck down in the space between t he shell and holder through the base, and there provided `6o with screw-nuts m. There may bc two or more of these rods.

In setting the parts together the screw h should be turned down, so as to be sure to leave suftcient play for the holder, that the ring H may come to a rln bearing upon the upper edge of the outer shell, and then, when the parts are set together, the screw h is turned iuward to force the water-holder hard up against the ring. 7o

A packing may be introduced around the upper edge of the holder, if desirable.

I am aware that pitchers have been constructed in sections and secured together by rods extending from the neck at the top down between the walls and through the hase. I am also aware that pitchers have been constructed with a screw through the bottom of the base to adjust the seat upon which the inner vessel or water-holder rests, and therefore 8ol yat the top through the bottom below to secure the parts together, and the adj usting-screw h through the bottom to force the water-holder against the ring at the top, substantially as described.

LOUIS C. HILLER. Witnesses:

GEO. S. SMITH, FRANK B. FAIRBANKs. 

